Chris Pratt: The man, the myth, the legend

As “Guardians of the Galaxy” is about to make Chris Pratt a superstar, Michael Ordona fills us in on some things you don’t know (and some you do know) about him.Born: June 21, 1979 (Virginia, Minn.); raised in Lake Stevens, Wash.Personal: Married to the superb comic actress Anna Faris (2009); surely forming one of the funniest couples in Hollywood. One son, Jack, born 2012. Pratt and Faris have appeared together in several films (including “What’s Your Number?” and “Movie 43,” which is not as bad as you’ve heard) and are prepping another, “Vacation Friends.”Really personal: “I was always a very much naked person. I loved to get naked … so I thought I might as well get paid,” Pratt told BuzzFeed of working as a stripper at 18. One gig turned out to be his friend’s grandmother’s birthday party. He was paid $40.Television: Notable appearances include runs on “The O.C.” and “Everwood” and his role as

Chris Pratt, Scott Hatteberg

Pratt with Scott Hatteberg at “Moneyball” premier

endearingly enthusiastic numbskull Andy Dwyer on “Parks and Recreation.”Films: Notable roles include “Cursed Part 3” (his debut; a 2000 short written and directed by Rae Dawn Chong); “Strangers With Candy,” “Jennifer’s Body,” “Wanted,” Moneyball” (as former Oakland A’s catcher and first baseman Scott Hatteberg), “What’s Your Number,” “The Five-Year Engagement,” “Zero Dark Thirty,” “Her,” “The Lego Movie.”Mad libs: Some of the funniest gag-reel stuff from “Parks” involves Pratt improvising and the rest of the cast just watching him go. In a Paley Center panel, cast and writers credited him with some of the best off-the-cuff remarks on the show, such as when Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) is ill and Andy looks up her symptoms on a computer: “It says you may have network connectivity problems.”